ELLSWORTH — Fall sports will start later than originally planned after the Maine Principals’ Association elected Tuesday to delay the start of the 2020 season. Practices will now begin Sept. 8, three weeks later than the original start date of Aug. 17. To account for the change, the date teams are eligible to hold their …
BAR HARBOR — Hancock County golf courses spend every spring at the mercy of the weather. This year, they’ve been at the mercy of a pandemic as well. Whereas social distancing guidelines haven’t stopped Mainers from engaging in many outdoor activities throughout the early spring, golfers have spent much of the season unable to do …
By Drew Bonifant Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel AUGUSTA — It was a sunny, warm day, so Robert Berube did Monday what he often does on such an afternoon. He grabbed his clubs and hit the links at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester — even as courses across the state were closed last Thursday per an …
ELLSWORTH — Local athletes have been announced as all-conference athletes in their respective sports. Caitlin MacPherson of Ellsworth was named a Class B first-team selection to the All-PVC girls’ cross-country team along with Mount Desert Island’s Callan Eason, Olivia Johnson, Katelyn Osborne and Rachelle Swanson. Cassidy Hanscom, Grace Munger, Piper Soares and Sophia Taylor were …
SULLIVAN — Warren Harden had never had a single golf lesson when he began his sophomore year. Two years later, few high school golfers in Maine can match his accomplishments. Harden, now a senior at Sumner Memorial High School, was named Class C Player of the Year earlier this month after producing one of the …
BLUE HILL — George Stevens Academy alumni, students, parents, administrators and friends participated in the Duane B. Gray Memorial Golf Tournament on Sunday at Blue Hill Country Club. This year’s event offered both morning and afternoon championships, and both sessions drew ample competitors. The morning title went to Erik Fitch, Eric Hutchins, Chris Pickering and …
ELLSWORTH — Two months after the 2018-19 sports season came to an end, a new year is just around the corner. The 2019-20 sports season officially begins Monday, Aug. 19. Football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country and golf teams throughout the state are eligible to hold their first practices starting at midnight ahead of their first games …
ELLSWORTH — The first competitions are still more than a month away, but the Ellsworth football, soccer, volleyball, cross-country and golf teams know when and where they’ll play in 2019 after the school unveiled its fall sports schedule Friday. Below is a list of Ellsworth’s games, matches and meets for the upcoming fall sports season, …
MOUNT DESERT — After six years in Trenton, the Down East Family YMCA’s Bo Lewis Memorial Golf Tournament has found a new home. The tournament will be held under a new name later this year when golfers compete in the Lewis/Crowley Memorial Tournament. It is scheduled to be held Sept. 20 at Northeast Harbor Golf …
ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth’s Louie Luchini was named the Penobscot Valley Conference Coach of the Year for girls’ cross-country Saturday after leading the team to its first state championship in 40 years a week earlier. On Oct. 27, the Eagles topped Yarmouth by three points to win the Class B title at Troy Howard Middle School …
ELLSWORTH — Two local golf coaches received Penobscot Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors Thursday at the conference championships at JaTo Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln. Ellsworth’s Rick Roberts, who is currently in his eighth season coaching the Eagles, was named Coach of the Year in Class B. Kevin Potter of Bucksport received the …
BLUE HILL — A total of 88 George Stevens Academy alumni, students, parents, faculty members and friends took part in the sixth edition of the Duane B. Gray Memorial Golf Tournament at the Blue Hill Country Club on Saturday. The annual tournament honors Duane B. Gray, a 1964 GSA graduate who was an avid golfer …
